 ... wicked life, and sometimes I flattered myself that I had sincerely repented. But there are temptations which it is not in the power of human nature to resist, and few know what would be their case, if driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness...  Works - Stran 261avtor: Daniel Defoe - 1908Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 972 strani
...if driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. But I waive that discourse till I come to the experiment. 1 lived with this husband in the almost tranquillity. He was a quiet, sensible, sober man. virtuous,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Hazlitt - 1840 - 784 strani
...if driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness is the root at all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. But I waive that discourse till I come to the experiment. 1 lived with this husband in the utmost tranquillity. He was a quiet, sensible, sober man, virtuous,... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - 1894 - 252 strani
...driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of ajl snares : but I waive that discourse till I come to the experiment. T Uved with this husband in the utmost tranquillity; he was a Cjuiet, sensible, sober man ; virtuous,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 2006 - 530 strani
...if driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. But I waive that discourse till I come to an experiment. I lived with this husband with the utmost tranquillity; he was a quiet, sensible, sober... | |
 | Daniel Dafoe - 2006 - 742 strani
...if driven to the same exigencies. As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. But I waive that discourse till I come to an experiment. I lived with this husband with the utmost tranquillity; he was a quiet, sensible, sober... | |
 | Anna Wierzbicka - 2006 - 374 strani
...guineas, but I knew not how much. As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. But I waive that discourse till I come to an experiment. In her highly acclaimed Bible and Sword, historian Barbara Tuchman (2001 [1956], 148)... | |
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